USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge
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Item Description
Title
USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge
Citation information
USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge. (5D-16-15; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/559
Marine Corps Library Number
0687-16
Additional identifiers
5D-16-15; R-1-3; v.2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101592
Decade
1940
Date
1945-03-03
Description
Infantry with the 3rd Provisional Rocket Detachment and the 5th Tank Battalion push forward up the west coast of the island around Nishi Ridge. The first first damaged B-29 (Dinah Might) circles the airfield looking to land. Marines (and at least one Japanese casualty) being transported on stretchers and jeeps. 5th Med Battalion Hospital prefabricated huts being set up. Marine spraying DDT around hospital area. Sequence ends with stretchers bearers at dusk.
Location(s)
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
Camera crew
Cockrell; A. S. Tracy (Cpl); Genaust
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed March 3rd and 4th, 1945.
Division
5th Division
Regiment
28th Marines
27th Marines
Battalion
5th Tank Battalion
5th Med Battalion
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Silent
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Reversal: Positive
Original physical length
300
Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)
Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)
Language
English
Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films
Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
08/03/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
11:54
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Title
USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge
Citation information
USMC 101592: Along Nishi Ridge. (5D-16-15; R-1-3.) United States Marine Corps Film Repository. Moving Image Research Collections. University of South Carolina.
USMC History Division inventory no
01/559
Marine Corps Library Number
0687-16
Additional identifiers
5D-16-15; R-1-3; v.2
MIRC inventory no.
USMC 101592
Decade
1940
Date
1945-03-03
Description
Infantry with the 3rd Provisional Rocket Detachment and the 5th Tank Battalion push forward up the west coast of the island around Nishi Ridge. The first first damaged B-29 (Dinah Might) circles the airfield looking to land. Marines (and at least one Japanese casualty) being transported on stretchers and jeeps. 5th Med Battalion Hospital prefabricated huts being set up. Marine spraying DDT around hospital area. Sequence ends with stretchers bearers at dusk.
Location(s)
Iwo Jima (Volcano Islands, Japan)
Camera crew
Cockrell; A. S. Tracy (Cpl); Genaust
Producing entity
United States Marine Corps (Production unit)
Genre
Conflict (combat)
Film date (note)
Filmed March 3rd and 4th, 1945.
Division
5th Division
Regiment
28th Marines
27th Marines
Battalion
5th Tank Battalion
5th Med Battalion
Item collection
United States Marine Corps Film Repository
Original color
Color
Original audio
Silent
Original gauge
Film: 16mm
Original generation
Reversal: Positive
Original physical length
300
Original aspect ratio
1.37:1 (Academy)
Original media type
Motion pictures (visual works)
Language
English
Contributing organization
University of South Carolina. Moving Image Research Collections
Digital collection name
United States Marine Corps Films
Rights information
Public Domain. For further information please contact Moving Image Research Collections, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208.
Digital media type
Moving Image
Date digital file created
08/03/2019
Digitization information
High definition access copy derived from a scan of a film original on a Digital Vision Goldeneye.
Digital runtime
11:54
Digital file type
video/H264
Keywords
World War II
Sources
- 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, description, catalog record, video
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